Court overturns EPA approval of popular herbicide made by Monsanto

Ruling says EPA ignored clear evidence that the new herbicide would cause widespread damage to crops
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/04/monsanto-herbicide-court-overrules-epa

Revealed: Monsanto predicted crop system would damage US farms

The US agriculture giant Monsanto and the German chemical giant BASF were aware for years that their plan to introduce a new agricultural seed and chemical system would probably lead to damage on many US farms, internal documents seen by the Guardian show. Risks were downplayed even while they planned how to profit off farmers who would buy Monsanto’s new seeds just to avoid damage, according to documents unearthed during a recent successful $265m lawsuit brought against both firms by a Missouri farmer. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/30/monsanto-crop-system-damage-us-farms-documents

This Weed Killer Is Wreaking Havoc on America's Crops -- Mother Jones

When farmer Darvin Bentlage surveyed his southwestern Missouri soybean fields in August, he knew something was amiss in one of them. "I've been looking at soybeans for about 60 years, and these didn't look right," he says. ...
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/01/dicamba-monsanto-herbicide-neighbor-farms-soybeans/

Arkansas Moves to Ban Monsanto's Blockbuster Herbicide -- Mother Jones

The farm-country showdown over an herbicide called dicamba, used on a genetically engineered seeds product marketed by Monsanto, just heated up. At a public meeting on Wednesday, the Arkansas State Plant Board voted by a vote of 10 to 3 to ban most applications of the weedkiller between April 16 and October 31. ....
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/11/arkansas-moves-to-ban-monsantos-blockbuster-herbicide/